Native Plants
National Organizations Directory
As a service to the public, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center collects information on native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations throughout North America. Click here to add your organization to the directory. Affiliates are organizations that partner with the Wildflower Center to encourage the preservation and use of native plants in different regions of the country.
Norfolk Botanical Garden
Address: 6700 Azalea Garden Road
Norfolk, VA 23518
Region: Mid-Atlantic
Phone: 757-441-5830
Fax: 757-853-8294
Web: www.norfolkbotanicalgarden.org
Organization Scope: State/Regional
Organization Type: Botanic Garden
Services this organization provides
- Inventory and/or monitor endangered/rare species
- Wildflower or native habitat display on property
- Support research with grants, awards, etc.
- Provide educational programming
- Open to the public
- Membership program
- Offer public programs, trips, seminars, etc.
- Native plant sales
Native Plant Focus: Yes. Virginia Native Plant GArden A recipient of The Garden Club of America 2003 Founders Fund Award, the 6-acre Virginia Native Plant Garden provides a unique opportunity to view several threatened and rapidly disappearing plant communities of the coastal plain of Virginia all surrounded by Lake Whitehurst which is a part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Description: Norfolk Botanical Garden represents an oasis of over 20 theme gardens encompassing 155 beautiful acres. Bordered on three sides by the picturesque beauty of Lake Whitehurst, Norfolk Botanical Garden offers tours by foot, tram and boat. The Garden brilliantly features some of the largest collections of azaleas, camellias, roses and rhododendrons on the East Coast
Last Update: 2004-03-08
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